Photographer Laurent Ballesta spent 3,000 hours trying to capture it. For his photograph of this extraordinary phenomenon, called “Creation,” Ballesta, a frequent National Geographic ...

53 years ago this weekend, a photograph from the Vietnam War shocked the world: It captured a naked Vietnamese girl and other children running down the road after a napalm attack. The "Napalm Girl ...

It is one of history’s most famous photos, an indelible image of fear and helplessness in a long, brutal war. At its centre is a naked nine-year-old-girl, her clothes and skin burned by napalm ...

The images are some of the oldest known photographs of enslaved people in the United States. But the daguerreotypes of an African man known as Renty and his daughter Delia have been at the centre ...

National Geographic's 100 best images of the year–curated from 106 photographers, 121 stories, and more than two million photographs. Leonardo’s “Mona Lisa” is believed to depict Lisa ...

It wasn’t even used for the story’s opening spread, running instead on the final page, then languishing in a photo editor’s file. And yet now, exactly 60 years later, Leifer’s picture is ...

The beauty of photography is that we get to relive the ‘firsts’ and important images of an event that will alter and change our history over and over. The photographs captured by Philae ...

From a rhino at the end of a rainbow to the molten front line of a wildfire, the shortlist for Earth Photo 2025 is full of riveting environmental stories that demand to be told. The international ...

Learn more. Sixty years later, Neil Leifer still can’t believe his photo is considered one for the ages. On May 25, 1965, Leifer snapped a photo of Muhammad Ali knocking out Sonny Liston in a ...

If you plan to head outside after sunset to look for the lights, and photograph them, there are things you can do to make sure you get the best shot. First, though, try to find a quiet ...

Artist Chris Facey snapped the shot during his month-long photography residency in Wilson. He said the photo is part of a larger collection he completed in 2021 that documented an all-women gun ...

With the main European and American airshow seasons rapidly approaching, take a look here for tips on how to hone the art of aviation photography. Modern camera technology has made aviation ...